Game apparatus



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J. S POSTER. GAME APPARATUS.

N0. 441,405. Patented Nov.- Z5, 1890.

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NITED STATES JOSEPH S. FOSTER, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAME APPARATUS.

SiECIFiCATiON forming part of Letters Fatent No. 441,405, dated November25, 1890.

Application filed July 11, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. FGSTER, of Salem, county of Essex, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Game Apparatus, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

The game apparatus to be herein described consists, essentially, of atrack or roadway having a pin located at or near one end thereof,substantially as will be described, so that a wheel having radialperipheral openings or pockets tapering toward its center when rolleddown said track will become impaled upon said pin.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a game apparatus embodying my invention;Fig. 2, an end elevation thereof, looking from the left; and Fig. 3shows the wheel in section.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a track or roadway consisting ofabottom board a, two sides a a and an end piece a The end piece has apin1), (shown in Fig. 1,) which, as shown, occupies a positionsubstantially parallel to the bottom board a,the gist of this inventionas to the location of the pin being that the pin be so located that thewheel or roll will impale itself on the said pin. The

wheel 0, or, it may be, a roll. will be provided with one or more radialperipheral openings or pockets 3, tapering toward its center.

To use the game take the wheel or ball having the openings or pockets,stand it at the Serial No. 358,374. (No model.)

end 4 of the track or roadway, as shown by full lines, Fig. 1, and rollthe same along the said track until the opening 3 is passed over the pin1), as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

To practice this game one must have a steady hand and roll the ballslowly, so that it will not rebound, and calculation has also to be madeas to the diameter of the ball and the distance from the end of the pinwhere the ball is started, so as to make a half-rotation, in the presentinstance, to bring the hole 3 opposite and to meet the pin. The pin ispointed, and the hole in the ball tapers sufficiently to allow someleeway to overcome the circular movement of theball at the time of itsengagement. The ball cannot get fully upon the pin except by shaking thetrack after the ball has engaged the pin.

I claim- The herein-described game apparatus, comprising a track orroadway pivoted at one end with a pin b, substantially parallel to thebottom of said track, and a wheel or roll having a radial peripheralopening tapering toward its center, to operate substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof'I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH S. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

A. HELEN EARLE, HENRY M. MEEK.

